Dead Reckoning

By Michael S Freeman

Elena Drake has spent the last decade hiding in plain sight. Once a top-tier CIA ghost operative, she now lives a quiet life in Lebanon, Missouri, posing as a mechanic and devoted single mother to her teenage daughter, Ruby. But when Ruby is abducted in a brutal home invasion, Elena's bloody past comes crashing back.

Tracking her daughter's kidnappers to Southeast Asia, Elena hires a rugged boat captain named Brent Reyes to guide her through pirate-infested waters. What starts as a mission of desperation becomes a dangerous dance of attraction and secrets. But Brent isn't just a captain-he's the son of the pirate king Elena killed on a black-op mission years ago.

Now caught between a mother's vengeance and a son's thirst for revenge, Elena must face the sins she buried-and the man she's falling for may be the one planning to destroy her.

Love can heal.
Or it can kill.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F6CWNWWS
• ISBN13: 9798281299503
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"